CSTEPS does research to understand the processes, institutions, organizations and individual incentives and motivations that affect the development and production of science.
Center for Science, Technology and Environmental Policy Studies
CSTEPS conducts research, evaluates policy and develops solutions for some of the world’s most pressing challenges at the nexus of scientific, societal, technological and environmental change.
Understanding science and social impact
We investigate the role of science and technology in advancing public goods and services and we develop and advance policy recommendations that improve how science is conducted to achieve important social and environmental outcomes. We integrate students and early career scholars in all aspects of our research.
Our research
We conduct empirical social science research aimed at understanding the processes, institutions, incentives and organizations that affect the global development and production of science and technology. We interrogate the role of technology in organization change, particularly how it concerns public organizations and institutions.
CSTEPS and USGS Cooperative Agreement: Grand Canyon Uranium Project
The Center for Science, Technology and Environmental Policy Studies (CSTEPS) is proud to announce…
Accelerating Climate Adaptation via Meso-level Integration (ACAMI)
About the projectThe ACAMI project addressed a lack of recognition of the role of meso-…
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CSTEPS Leading Global Research on Climate Change Adaptation
Researchers to examine how organizations help African farmers adjust to climate change
Allen Coral Reef Atlas: Use Cases Leveraging Coral Reef Big Data and Visualization to Inform Global and National Policy
The CSTEPS team recently finished a consultation on ways that the Allen Coral Reef Atlas, a big…
New NSF Award: EPSCoR Track II - ARISE
Considerations of equity and underrepresented groups are currently missing from resilience and…
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